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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: JP on July 15, 2012, 08:06:43 pm
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This one was done on Tuesday July 3, 2012. The same day Emil and I removed the bumble bee colony from underneath the house trailer in Destrehan, Louisiana. This hive had quite a bit of attitude! It was determined that the queen was vacumed. Hope you enjoy the video but the removal was rough!
...JP
Very Pissy Reserve Bees Removed From Garage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhhuYHc-FQ0#ws)
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Ouch! I feel for ya on that one. We removed an old water heater tank from a field the other day that really lit me up...not fun!
Scott
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I knew they had to be a little warm to see you suited up. I also noted that you have a hydration system, how do you like it? I've thought about getting one myself, either that or air conditioning. LOL As much as I love cutouts this heat sucks!
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Great job JP !
Everybody has to "suit up" once in awhile.
June and I "suit up" all of the time.
Larry
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Good video. Sorry to see you could not hypnotize those bees like you normally do. I was worried that the house was going to fall in as you were tearing it apart.
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Wow that was very interesting. Thanks for keeping with it despite the stings.
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David, I like it. Really is a life saver on these hot days we've been having. I really have Emil to thank as he insisted I get one. Mine is from Academy Outdoors. It holds 100oz. Cost was $89.00 but I had a $50.00 gift card.
Emil ordered an insulated tube for his. His also has a wire in the tube that keeps it positioned exactly where you need it if its under your veil.
I fill mine with chunks of block ice, then add water. 100oz goes quite a long way.
Yeah folks these were a little bit too 'hot."
...JP
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Dang I didn't even know you had gloves...;) They must have been quite hot. Did you find that queen for requeening? How hot were they as you searched for her?
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Dang I didn't even know you had gloves...;) They must have been quite hot. Did you find that queen for requeening? How hot were they as you searched for her?
On that day, I performed this removal and I had Emil do another one in the same area. We were both in Reserve, Louisiana that day and met up after each of our removals. His hive was nice BTW. :-D
We then went to his bee yard which we share and set the hive up. We then went on and did the bumble bee removal. We didn't finish until after midnight. I believe I got home at 1 AM the next morning.
Emil informed me that he did not see the queen the following day but after a few days or so (which I just now found out last night) the colony absconded from the set up. They pretty much will do that only if they have a queen.
So, that's the skinny of it.
...JP
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Hot hive on the loose.